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Jacek Koman | |
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 Koman in 2019 | |
| Born | 15 August 1956 Bielsko-Biała, Poland |
| Alma mater | National Film School in Łódź |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Jacek Koman (born 15 August 1956) is a Polish actor and singer.
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Jacek Koman | |
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| Koman in 2019 | |
| Born | 15 August 1956 Bielsko-Biała, Poland |
| Alma mater | National Film School in Łódź |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, singer |
| Years active | 1978–present |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
Jacek Koman (born 15 August 1956) is a Polish actor and singer.
Koman was born in Bielsko-Biała, Poland, to actors Halina Koman (née Dobrowolska; born 3 January 1923 [1] ) and Adam Koman (24 December 1922 – 1 December 2005 [1] ), and came to Australia in 1982 with his brother Tomek. They landed in Perth before heading over to Melbourne, where he began acting again. [2]
Koman attended the National Film School in Łódź, where he studied acting alongside Małgorzata Potocka, Andrzej Szczytko and Piotr Skiba (1974–78).
Koman's first professional stage appearance was as Lysander in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream in Bielsko-Biała in 1978. [3]
He has worked with partner Catherine McClements a number of times, including on films Redheads and Floodhouse, an episode of Rush in 2009, and in theatre productions Angels in America (1994), The Blind Giant is Dancing (1995), Macbeth (2003) and Cruel and Tender (2005).
In 2011, Koman was nominated for an AACTA award for his guest performance in Spirited . [4] In 2012, he appeared as 'The Great Hypno' in the Australian television series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries .
In 2013, he returned to the stage after an eight-year absence, in Tom Holloway's translation of Durrenmatt's Dance of Death at the Malthouse Theatre in Melbourne.
Koman was announced as part of the cast for Disney Plus series Last Days of the Space Age. [5]
In Conclave , he appears as Archbishop Woźniak, the Prefect of the Papal Household and the late pope's confidant.
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Koman is also the lead singer [6] of VulgarGrad, [7] a Melbourne band who play Russian-style music and who formed in 2004.
| This section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources .(February 2017) |
Koman met his partner, Australian actress Catherine McClements, in the late 1980s at the Anthill Theatre in Melbourne. They have two children together – Clementine Coco (born July 2001) and Quincy (born May 2007).
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Conclave | Archbishop Woźniak | ||
| 2023 | Soulcatcher | Minister Jan Zaremba | [8] | |
| Tonight You're Sleeping With Me | Nina's Father | |||
| 2022 | Talk to Me | Burke Spirit | ||
| Niebezpieczni dżentelmeni | Vladimir Lenin | |||
| Wiarolom | Francisz | |||
| 2020 | The Hater | Robert Karsucki | ||
| 2019 | Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz | Stanislaw Kosz | ||
| Judy and Punch | Singer | |||
| 2018 | Krew Boga | Geowold | ||
| 2017 | Breath | Karl Loon | ||
| Jungle | Moni Ghinsberg | |||
| 2016 | The Death and Life of Otto Bloom | Miroslaw Kotok | ||
| 2015 | Sucker | Riley | ||
| Disco Polo | Katiusza | |||
| Ziarno Prawdy | Monk | |||
| 2014 | Son of a Gun | Sam Lennox | ||
| 2013 | The Great Gatsby | Uncredited | ||
| 2013 | Shopping | Benny | ||
| 2011 | Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance | Terrokov | ||
| The Hunter | Middleman | |||
| 2010 | Kołysanka | Postman | ||
| 2009 | Kochaj i tancz | Jan Kettler | ||
| 2008 | Defiance | Koscik | ||
| Australia | Ivan | |||
| The Funk | Narrator | Short film | ||
| 2007 | Romulus, My Father | Vacek | ||
| 2006 | Children of Men | Tomasz | ||
| 2004 | Floodhouse | Anselm | Short film | |
| 2003 | Horseplay | Roman | ||
| 2001 | Moulin Rouge! | The Unconscious Argentinean [a] | ||
| 1999 | 117 | Man | Short film | |
| 1998 | The Sound of One Hand Clapping | Picotti | ||
| 1997 | The Wedding Party | Raoul | ||
| 1996 | What I Have Written | Jeremy Fliszar | ||
| 1994 | Paperback Romance (aka Lucky Break) | Det Yuri Borodinoff | ||
| 1992 | Redheads | Lawyer | ||
| 1991 | Holidays on the River Yarra | Mercenary | ||
| 1990 | Hunting | Bergman's Butler |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Last Days of the Space Age | Yvgeny | 8 episodes | [10] |
| Prosper | Eli Slowik | 8 episodes | [11] | |
| 2023 | Faraway Downs | Ivan | 6 episodes | [12] |
| The Teacher | Bogdan Zawadzki 'Captain' | 5 episodes | ||
| Szum. Kryminal analogowy | Leader | 6 episodes (podcast series) | ||
| 2021 | Receptura | Jan Wedel | 6 episodes | |
| Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries | Alexander Kowalski | 2 episodes | ||
| Mr Inbetween | Remy | 1 episode | ||
| 2016-21 | Jack Irish | Orton | 13 episodes | [13] |
| 2018-21 | The Defence | Harry McVay | 14 episodes | |
| 2020 | The Woods | Dawid | 4 episodes | |
| Maly zgon | Stanislaw | 9 episodes | ||
| 2017-20 | Mustangs FC | Danny | 37 episodes | [14] |
| 2019 | Reef Break | General Kivani | 1 episode | |
| Ojciec Mateusz | Eryk Was | 1 episode | ||
| 2018 | Tidelands | Gregori Stolin | 6 episodes | |
| Wanted | Leon | 1 episode | ||
| Rake | Jakub | 8 episodes | [15] [16] | |
| Wrong Kind of Black | Rudi | 4 episodes | ||
| 2016-17 | Doctor Doctor | Trevor | 4 episodes | [17] |
| 2017 | The Warriors | Fast Freddy | 3 episodes | |
| Seven Types of Ambiguity | Gideon | 1 episode | ||
| 2017 | Oddlands | Animal | TV movie | |
| 2015 | Prokurator | Kazimierz Proch | 10 episodes | |
| 2012-14 | Lekarze | Leon | 60 episodes | |
| 2014 | Wataha | Robert Korda | 3 episodes | |
| 2013 | Television Theater | Mr Philips | 1 episode | |
| The Doctor Blake Mysteries | Miroslav Gorski | 1 episode | ||
| Top of the Lake | Wolfgang Zanic | 2 episodes | ||
| 2012 | Hotel 52 | Wiktor Prus | 10 episodes | |
| Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Mr Merton | 1 episode | ||
| 2011 | Spirited | Potter | 4 episodes | |
| East West 101 | Roman | 2 episodes | [18] | |
| Small Time Gangster | Artie | 2 episodes | ||
| 2010 | Ratownicy | Piotr | 12 episodes | |
| City Homicide | Andro | 1 episode | ||
| Usta Usta | Pawel | 1 episode | ||
| 2009 | Rush | Anton | 1 episode | |
| 2008 | Waking the Dead | Jovan | 2 episodes | |
| 2005-07 | The Incredible Journey of Mary Bryant | Wanjon | 2 episodes | |
| 2006 | Tsunami: The Aftermath | Peer | 2 episodes | |
| Tripping Over | Magnus | 6 episodes | ||
| HG Wells' War With the World | Maxim Gorky | TV movie | ||
| 2005 | Life | Franco | TV movie | |
| 2003 | MDA | Dr Mikhail Varonio | 1 episode | |
| Stingers | Daniel Tedesco | 1 episode | ||
| 2002 | The Secret Life of Us | Dominic | 14 episodes | [19] |
| 1998 | Search for Treasure Island | Don Grego | 4 episodes | |
| Wildside | Barry | 1 episode | ||
| 1997 | Simone de Beauvoir’s Babies | Ryko | 4 episodes | |
| 1996 | Twisted Tales | Taxi Driver | 1 episode | |
| 1993 | Snowy | Jenda | 1 episode | |
| Phoenix | Steward | 1 episode | ||
| 1989 | Darlings of the Gods | Company Member | TV movie | |
| 1988 | The Four Minute Mile | Emil | TV movie | |
| 1979 | Bezposrednie polaczenie | Slawek | TV movie |
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